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UtahShotgunner,

A thought on your head space testing. My understanding when testing head space is that the bolt should be stripped of the striker group and the extractor so they will not impart any friction to the turning of the bolt. The bolt is then allowed to close on it's own without assistance.

The above is not meant as criticism.

Vlad

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Vlad,

No criticism perceived.

For a quick and dirty check to make sure that headspace is not excessive, I'll use a 'Field' gauge as shown in the pics. If the bolt had come close to closing I would have stripped the extractor for more careful testing.

Actually, in this case I would probably have just grabbed another bolt.